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Nothing hits a beautiful days breakfast than a rich and steaming bowl of kerala vegetable stew and appam. Keralas appam and stew is a thing of beauty. It’s the perfect embodiment of what Kerala breakfast recipes are all about – rice flour, some fermenting, light on the stomach, easily digestible, and also, a bit time-consuming aswell. Cruise down the culinary art of Kerala with this easy, pillowy soft appams, and a deliciously creamy vegetable stew to mop them up with.

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In a pan of boiling water cook root vegetables at the beginning, green vegetables towards the end and frozen peas and sweetcorn at the last minute. Keep under running water. Cool it and keep aside. Keep the stock for the stew.

Heat 3 tsp oil in a pan; add cinnamon, cloves and cook for 30 seconds or until fragrant.

Cook for 3/4 minutes, then add the coconut milk and ½ cup of stock we saved earlier. Bring the mixture to a boil, then lower the heat and add the cooked vegetables. Simmer for few minutes.

Season with salt and add the coconut cream. Mix well and cook for 2 more minutes. Serve hot with appams.

Note – To get an authentic Kerala Vegetable Stew, cashew paste mixed with coconut milk is used as an additional ingredient to add thickness and richness to the stew. If you want to thicken your stew, thicken it with corn flour.

Wow looking forward for your food posts. It seems so many similarities in our food. I am from kerala the southern state of India, it’s not too far from Sri Lanka, could swim to reach you there 🏊😅. Will definitely visit Sri Lanka one day.😍

Thank you for your like of my “Destination: Panera Bread Cafe Newly Opened in South Windsor, CT.” Your Kerala recipe sounds very interesting. And I agree with Nandini your photo presentation is terrific ! – Jackie